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5:25 PM ET, October 17, 2011

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Quinnipiac University:
New Yorkers Back Wall St. Protesters 3 - 1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Stay As Long As You Want, Even Republicans Say  —  By a 67 - 23 percent margin, New York City voters agree with the views of the Wall Street protesters and say 87 - 10 percent that it is “okay that they are protesting …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Geography of Occupying Wall Street (And Everywhere Else)  —  The nascent movement known as Occupy Wall Street had its largest single day of protests on Saturday.  And a funny thing happened: most of the action was far from Wall Street itself.  —  No, I don't mean at Zuccotti Park — which is not, technically, on Wall Street.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Losing Their Immunity  —  As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement's targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining.  (A reader of my blog suggests that we start calling our ruling class the “kvetchocracy.")
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters say Washington is worse than Wall Street  —  In the minds of likely voters, Washington, not Wall Street, is primarily to blame for the financial crisis and the subsequent recession.  —  That is the key finding of this week's The Hill poll, which comes …
New York Times:
10 Questions for William Daley
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Great news: OWS now endorsed by both Communist and Nazi Parties
Journalism.org:
THE MEDIA PRIMARY  —  HOW NEWS MEDIA AND BLOGS HAVE EYED THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS DURING THE FIRST PH ASE OF THE 2012 RACE  —  In the first months of the race for president, that weeding out period before citizens ever vote or caucus, Texas Governor Rick Perry has received the most coverage …
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A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Two-thirds of Republicans say minds are not made up  —  Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) - One day before a CNN Western Republican presidential debate, a new national survey indicates that Mitt Romney and Herman Cain are essentially tied for the lead in the race for the GOP nomination, with Rick Perry dropping to a distant third.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum calls SNL sketch ‘bullying’  —  Rick Santorum criticized a Saturday Night Live skit that poked fun at his anti-gay marriage views and trailing poll numbers as “bullying” in an interview this weekend.  —  SNL, in a send-up of last week's Bloomberg/Washington Post debate …
Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Trump didn't know he was in Bachmann town hall ‘till you told me’
Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Support Is Broader Than It Seems  —  Mitt Romney is caught in one of those classic bad news-good news situations.  The bad news is that he seems stuck in the polls, winning something like a quarter of the Republican presidential primary vote.  —  The good news is that he has held …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama opposes repeal of healthcare program suspended last week  —  President Obama is against repealing the health law's long-term care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the government's announcement Friday that the program was dead in the water.
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Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare Starts to Unravel
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Betsy's Page
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama blasts, mocks Senate GOP  —  President Obama launched a three-day bus tour through two states critical to his 2012 reelection campaign by kicking Senate Republicans for blocking his jobs bill, saying he is breaking up his plan because “maybe they just couldn't understand the whole thing at once.”
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Teachers to come first in jobs vote
Discussion: Open Congress
Dan Hirschhorn / The Politico:
Ron Paul to propose $1T in specific budget cuts  —  Ron Paul's opinions about cutting the budget are well-known, but on Monday, he'll get specific: the Texas congressman will lay out a budget blueprint for deep and far-reaching cuts to federal spending, including the elimination …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Ron Paul's Economic Plan: Cut 5 Cabinet Agencies, Cut Taxes, Cut President's Pay
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Record-High 50% of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use  —  Liberals and those 18 to 29 most in favor; Americans 65 and older most opposed  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A record-high 50% of Americans now say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up from 46% last year.
Rolling Stone:
Why Occupy Wall Street Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right  —  I was surprised, amused and annoyed all at once when I found out yesterday that some moron-provocateur linked to notorious right-wing cybergoon Andrew Breitbart had infiltrated  —  a series of private e-mail lists …
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Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Journolist 2.0: Occupy Wall Street Emails Show MSM, Dylan Ratigan, Working With Protesters To Craft Message
El Marco / Looking at the Left:
Neo-Cannibals, Deadbeats, Dopers and Democrats Occupy Denver  —  Back with a Vengeance, Evicted Protesters Take the Streets  —  “Occupy Denver” returned to the streets with a vengeance Saturday after being expelled, having their camp forcibly removed from Veterans' Park by police at 4 a.m. Friday morning.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Legal Advisor Robert Bork: Women 'Aren't Discriminated Against Anymore'  —  Last August, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced failed Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork as the co-chair of his “Judicial Advisory Committee.”  Bork's selection was a clear sign that, if elected …
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Herman Cain / The Daily Beast:
Robert Bork's Romney Connection
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What are those OWS people so angry about?  —  Almost every day brings a new story about massive corporate profits and another showing extreme economic suffering  —  One of the most revealing aspects of the rapidly growing OccupyWallStreet protest movement has been the bewilderment …
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  In His Prior Life, Herman Cain Fought Stricter Drunk Driving Laws  —  While leading the National Restaurant Association, Herman Cain served as the industry's lobbyist-in-chief, leading the charge against laws that could harm the food service business.
 
 
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Michael Beckel / OpenSecrets.org:
As Presidential Candidates Seek Finance Sector Money, Wall Street Donors Flock Most to Mitt Romney
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Business Insider
David Frum / FrumForum:
About that Perry Jobs Plan
Michael Crittenden / Washington Wire:
Chamber of Commerce's Donohue: China Currency Bill Invites Retaliation
Discussion: MyFox Boston
A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Record high say Obama's policies will fail
Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: Saturday Night Live Is ‘Bullying’ Me ‘For Standing Up For The Traditional Family’
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Activists React to President Sending Troops to Africa
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
What Goldman Sachs Thinks Appropriate Monetary Stimulus Could Achieve
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year
Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run
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Amazon Rewrites the Rules of Book Publishing
John Doyle / NY Daily News:
Protecting Lady Liberty: Airport-type security screening finds Statue of Liberty tourists well-armed
 

 
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